MF DOOM’s widow and estate sue rapper’s former A&R and seek return of personal notebooks
MF DOOM‘s widow and estate have sued the rapper’s former A&R, seeking to retrieve the late rap icon’s personal notebooks.Jasmine Dumile Thompson, the widow of the rapper, along with Gas Drawls – the LLC that controls the late rapper’s intellectual property – have sued Eothen “Egon” Alapatt, MF DOOM’s former A&R for copyright infringement, fraud, intentional misrepresentation and unjust enrichment.Thompson claimed in the lawsuit that Alapatt stole 31 of the rapper’s notebooks which were used to write down his famous songs that were featured on 1999’s ‘Operation Doomsday’, 2004’s ‘Madvillainy’ and ‘MM…FOOD’. The notebooks also included unreleased songs ideas, musings and “other creative ideations.” (Per Billboard)Per The Fader, the lawsuit also names 50 unidentified “Does”, who Thompson believes were working alongside Alapatt.